Asa*
#769 most common boys' name of all time · #1,727 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#769
Rank overall
#1,727 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
23,067
Since 2016
6,796
Peak year
2022 #450
Best rank
#183 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 777/yr
Asa is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | 622 | 696 | #483 |
| 2024 | 76 | 651 | 727 | #473 |
| 2023 | 88 | 591 | 679 | #509 |
| 2022 | 92 | 685 | 777 | #450 |
| 2021 | 95 | 594 | 689 | #495 |
| 2020 | 76 | 574 | 650 | #506 |
| 2019 | 73 | 567 | 640 | #505 |
| 2018 | 78 | 566 | 644 | #506 |
| 2017 | 71 | 595 | 666 | #490 |
| 2016 | 53 | 575 | 628 | #517 |
| 2015 | 65 | 540 | 605 | #530 |
| 2014 | 49 | 544 | 593 | #515 |
| 2013 | 58 | 479 | 537 | #554 |
| 2012 | 41 | 461 | 502 | #563 |
| 2011 | 33 | 465 | 498 | #546 |
| 2010 | 45 | 432 | 477 | #582 |
| 2009 | 44 | 478 | 522 | #554 |
| 2008 | 35 | 386 | 421 | #637 |
| 2007 | 41 | 398 | 439 | #620 |
| 2006 | 25 | 380 | 405 | #624 |
| 2005 | 43 | 348 | 391 | #628 |
| 2004 | 20 | 301 | 321 | #673 |
| 2003 | 20 | 302 | 322 | #655 |
| 2002 | 25 | 276 | 301 | #671 |
| 2001 | 27 | 286 | 313 | #652 |
| 2000 | 16 | 275 | 291 | #656 |
| 1999 | 24 | 245 | 269 | #687 |
| 1998 | 18 | 192 | 210 | #795 |
| 1997 | 18 | 197 | 215 | #756 |
| 1996 | 24 | 165 | 189 | #846 |
| 1995 | 18 | 180 | 198 | #800 |
| 1994 | 16 | 176 | 192 | #801 |
| 1993 | 20 | 154 | 174 | #854 |
| 1992 | 13 | 156 | 169 | #844 |
| 1991 | 15 | 170 | 185 | #787 |
| 1990 | 14 | 161 | 175 | #799 |
| 1989 | 14 | 183 | 197 | #729 |
| 1988 | 15 | 148 | 163 | #774 |
| 1987 | 15 | 126 | 141 | #829 |
| 1986 | 17 | 102 | 119 | #902 |
| 1985 | 14 | 141 | 155 | #748 |
| 1984 | 12 | 118 | 130 | #803 |
| 1983 | 13 | 143 | 156 | #721 |
| 1982 | 6 | 140 | 146 | #741 |
| 1981 | 17 | 154 | 171 | #694 |
| 1980 | 15 | 135 | 150 | #756 |
| 1979 | 12 | 99 | 111 | #876 |
| 1978 | 16 | 78 | 94 | #977 |
| 1977 | 8 | 79 | 87 | #963 |
| 1976 | 9 | 80 | 89 | #933 |
| 1975 | 10 | 61 | 71 | #1,065 |
| 1974 | 12 | 69 | 81 | #988 |
| 1973 | 9 | 52 | 61 | #1,137 |
| 1972 | 10 | 47 | 57 | #1,197 |
| 1971 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,200 |
| 1970 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,070 |
| 1969 | 13 | 43 | 56 | #1,198 |
| 1968 | 5 | 41 | 46 | #1,185 |
| 1967 | 8 | 33 | 41 | #1,317 |
| 1966 | 8 | 39 | 47 | #1,196 |
| 1965 | 7 | 41 | 48 | #1,191 |
| 1964 | 5 | 36 | 41 | #1,311 |
| 1963 | 11 | 42 | 53 | #1,195 |
| 1962 | 6 | 51 | 57 | #1,071 |
| 1961 | 6 | 40 | 46 | #1,251 |
| 1960 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,153 |
| 1959 | 10 | 31 | 41 | #1,418 |
| 1958 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,164 |
| 1957 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,187 |
| 1956 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,120 |
| 1955 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,167 |
| 1954 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,151 |
| 1953 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,076 |
| 1952 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,027 |
| 1951 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,018 |
| 1950 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,006 |
| 1949 | — | 51 | 51 | #968 |
| 1948 | — | 58 | 58 | #902 |
| 1947 | 5 | 63 | 68 | #878 |
| 1946 | 7 | 41 | 48 | #1,076 |
| 1945 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,059 |
| 1944 | — | 51 | 51 | #890 |
| 1943 | — | 56 | 56 | #893 |
| 1942 | — | 56 | 56 | #877 |
| 1941 | — | 60 | 60 | #819 |
| 1940 | — | 53 | 53 | #862 |
| 1939 | — | 50 | 50 | #870 |
| 1938 | — | 60 | 60 | #800 |
| 1937 | — | 65 | 65 | #757 |
| 1936 | — | 59 | 59 | #797 |
| 1935 | — | 65 | 65 | #766 |
| 1934 | — | 79 | 79 | #682 |
| 1933 | — | 72 | 72 | #711 |
| 1932 | — | 52 | 52 | #891 |
| 1931 | — | 68 | 68 | #750 |
| 1930 | 5 | 78 | 83 | #704 |
| 1929 | — | 72 | 72 | #742 |
| 1928 | 7 | 92 | 99 | #653 |
| 1927 | 5 | 107 | 112 | #602 |
| 1926 | 6 | 104 | 110 | #615 |
| 1925 | — | 87 | 87 | #690 |
| 1924 | — | 106 | 106 | #619 |
| 1923 | 9 | 118 | 127 | #575 |
| 1922 | — | 101 | 101 | #642 |
| 1921 | — | 103 | 103 | #625 |
| 1920 | — | 105 | 105 | #615 |
| 1919 | — | 88 | 88 | #658 |
| 1918 | 6 | 117 | 123 | #556 |
| 1917 | — | 86 | 86 | #640 |
| 1916 | 5 | 99 | 104 | #582 |
| 1915 | — | 109 | 109 | #531 |
| 1914 | — | 73 | 73 | #585 |
| 1913 | — | 58 | 58 | #573 |
| 1912 | — | 47 | 47 | #592 |
| 1911 | — | 25 | 25 | #606 |
| 1910 | — | 30 | 30 | #513 |
| 1909 | — | 16 | 16 | #679 |
| 1908 | — | 24 | 24 | #514 |
| 1907 | — | 39 | 39 | #353 |
| 1906 | — | 17 | 17 | #569 |
| 1905 | — | 22 | 22 | #478 |
| 1904 | — | 24 | 24 | #434 |
| 1903 | — | 26 | 26 | #381 |
| 1902 | — | 21 | 21 | #463 |
| 1901 | — | 25 | 25 | #372 |
| 1900 | — | 30 | 30 | #414 |
| 1899 | — | 30 | 30 | #323 |
| 1898 | — | 31 | 31 | #346 |
| 1897 | — | 47 | 47 | #254 |
| 1896 | — | 32 | 32 | #331 |
| 1895 | — | 40 | 40 | #279 |
| 1894 | — | 37 | 37 | #289 |
| 1893 | — | 43 | 43 | #267 |
| 1892 | — | 58 | 58 | #233 |
| 1891 | — | 46 | 46 | #237 |
| 1890 | — | 48 | 48 | #244 |
| 1889 | — | 37 | 37 | #274 |
| 1888 | — | 58 | 58 | #230 |
| 1887 | — | 51 | 51 | #223 |
| 1886 | — | 52 | 52 | #233 |
| 1885 | — | 43 | 43 | #252 |
| 1884 | — | 43 | 43 | #260 |
| 1883 | — | 61 | 61 | #195 |
| 1882 | — | 62 | 62 | #206 |
| 1881 | — | 65 | 65 | #183 |
| 1880 | — | 60 | 60 | #200 |